socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2013
LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). How to find a startup mentor. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine). Comment below!
socalTECH
JULY 8, 2013
We caught up with Michael to learn more about what Gradient X is doing, and why the three have teamed up at the company. Gradient X is backed by Rincon Venture Partners, GRP Partners (now Upfront Ventures), CrossCut Ventures, Founder Collective, Siemer Ventures, Baroda Ventures, and Double M Partners.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000. Many funds have not performed and will start to disappear. PEHub followed up their analysis with this. He then profiled his portfolio company FourSquare who started with a very small investment.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 5, 2010
Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. I suppose I should keep it to myself but I guess Jason will be helping to hype up all the companies anyways. My personal favorite and best fit for GRP Partners was Thumbtack. Watch this space. Team Pip.io
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 28, 2012
The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 2, 2010
Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
People get too worked up over the word. It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. Perhaps this will trend up massively but historical data doesn’t bode well. Why I believe we’re in a bubble.
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